apostrephō · turn away

What it means

apostrephō (ἀποστρέφω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “turn away”.

Remove; turn one's back on, reject; also turn back, return.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To divert someone from something; put something in its place.
2. To turn one's back on someone or something and leave it.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• who turn away from ×2
• Put back ×1
• he will turn away ×1
• misleading ×1
• they will turn away ×1
• turn away from ×1
• turned away from ×1
• turns away ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Luke×1
• Acts×1
• Romans×1
• 2 Timothy×2
• Titus×1
• Hebrews×1

• Matthew 5:42

  Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

• Matthew 26:52

  Then Jesus says to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

• Luke 23:14

  and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who is misleading the people; and look, I, having examined him before you, have found no guilt in this man in the things of which you accuse him;

• Acts 3:26

  To you first, God, having raised up his servant, sent him to bless you as each of you turns away from your wicked deeds.”

• Romans 11:26

  and so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;

• 2 Timothy 1:15

  You know this, that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

• 2 Timothy 4:4

  and they will turn away their ears from the truth and turn aside to myths.

• Titus 1:14

  not paying attention to Jewish myths and commandments of people who turn away from the truth.

• Hebrews 12:25

  See that you do not refuse the one who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, much less will we escape who turn away from the one who warns from the heavens.